Pressing machine clamp



Dec. 5, 1939. COHEN 2,182,199

PRESS ING MACHINE CLAMP 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1 Filed Jan. 2, 19357 Fig 2\NVENTOR Jyrnan t'l/as Cohen BY 771mm 6m ATTORNEYS Dec. 5, 1939.

H. E. COHEN 2,182,199

PRESSING MACHINE CLAMP Filed Jan. 2, 1937 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNVENTOR 9(3yma'n 67135 Cohen ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 5, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE PRESSING MACHINE Application January 2, 1937, Serial No. 118,835

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a new and improved pressing machine.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an improved pressingmachine for pressing shirts and other garments which have tail portionswhich must be held in position during the pressing operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple andconvenient device for holding a tail portion of the shirt or othergarment, in position, while the shirt or other garment is being pressed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pressing machine havinga device of this type, in

which said device is extremely accessible and will not interfere withthe access to the machine when the attachment is moved to theinoperative posi tion.

Other objects of the invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawings which illustrate a preferred embodimentthereof, it being understood that the above statement of the objects ofthe invention is intended generally to explain the same without limitingit in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved machine.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view, partially in elevation, on the line 2-.-2 ofFig. l.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view, partially in elevation, on theline 4-4 of Fig. 3.

It has been known for many years to provide machines for pressing shirtsor the like, in which a device was provided for holding the tail of theshirt in position during the pressing operation. In such prior machines,the attachment or device for holding the tail of the shirt in positionhas been complicated and expensive and it was not easy or convenient tooperate.

Likewise when said device was moved to the inoperative position, itinterfered with easy access to the machine.

5 According to the invention, I provide an extremely simple andconvenient attachment for this purpose.

Fig. 1 illustrates some of the essential parts of a pressing machine ofwell-known construction.

This machine has a buck I, and a head 2 which can be moved towards saidbuck so as to press the shirt or other garment. Said head 2 is providedwith the usual handle 3. Y

As shown in Fig. 3, the head 2 is connected to 5 the usual pivoted frame4. The head 2 may be hollow and it may be heated by steam in the usualmanner. These well-known details are not illustrated in the drawings, asthey form no part of the invention.

The buck I is mounted upon a suitable table T, 8 having an upstandingwall W adjacent the rear edge of the table.

Fig. 1 also shows the shirt S in position on the buck I and ready forthe pressing operation. Brackets 6 are connected to the underside of the10 table T, adjacent the front edge and adjacent the rear edge of saidtable T. Said brackets 6 are located inwardly of said edges of thetable.

A loop which comprises arms I and Ia and a thin top strap 8, isjivotally connected to the 15 brackets 6. For this purpose the arms Iand Ia are connected to the brackets 6 by means of a shaft 9 which isturnably mounted in suitable bearings which are p'ovided in the brackets6. The arms I and Ia and the shaft 9 therefore turn 20 in unison.

The arms I and la are connected to the shaft 8 in any suitable manner.

As shown in Fig. 3, the arm Ia has a substantially angular shape, andthe arm I is pro- 25 vided with upstanding top and bottom portions andwith an intermediate inclined portion. The strap 8 may be made bybending a thin flat strap of metal into suitable shape, and it isconnected to the tops of the arms I and la by fastening mem- 30 bers IIIwhich may be rivets or removable screws or the like.

In Fig. 1, the operative position of the arm I is shown in full lines.The free or inoperative position of the arm I is shown in broken lines,and 36 in said free or inoperative position, a stop mem ber ll abuts theunderside of the table T. The arms I and Ia can be made of any suitablemetal, and they may be respectively provided with hollow bosses I2 andi2a. as shown in Fig. 3. Set 40 screws l4 connect said bosses to theshaft 9, which extends through said bosses.

The boss I2a has an integral lug to which the stop member I I issuitably connected. The lower upstanding part of arm I is in front ofthe front edge of the table T and the upstanding part of arm Ia isbehind the rear edge of the table T. Hence the operator can convenientlymove the arms in unison by manipulating the front arm I. 50

In the inoperative position, the arms I and la and the strap 8completely clear the buck l, and said arms and the strap 8 are heldspaced in an endwise direction (as shown in broken lines in Fig. 1) fromthe buck I, so that the tail of the 6 were integral.

shirt can be conveniently placed in position on said buck. Thebuck-isthenventireiy tree; a

Referring tOFig. 3, the table T is provided with the usual wall W alongthe rear edge thereof and .the armsl and Mai-$1M suflicient height sothat the strap 8 clearssaid vwall when it is movedjtoits operativeposition from the' nfiperative .psit'ion.

Said strap '8 has an arcuate shape, as shown in Fig. 3, so that itconforms to the transverse shape of the buck.

It would not be departing from the invention if the holding member 8 andthe arms I and la It will-be noted that the device eliminates the use ofsprings because the centers of gravity of the arms 1 and 1a are locatedabove the table T, and below the buck l, in the positions of said armswhich correspond to the positions of arm 1, indicated in Fig. 1.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing fromits spirit.

I claim:

1. A pressing machine having a table and a buck located above said tableand a device for holding the tail-portion of a garment on said buck,said device comprising a front arm and a rear arm and a transverseholding-member which is connected to the upper portions of said arms,brackets connected to the underside of ;aid table, a shaft mountedturnably in said brackets, said area-zoo arms being t0, I arms areturnable in unison with saidsha'ftthe wardiy from the' adjacent edges ofthe table; the upper portionsof said arms being bent inwardly I oversaid table, said arms being-tunable to a first 1 positionin which armsand said hoIding-member are spaced in an-Lendwisedirection from saidtruck". l

so that thebukfisientirelygrree said arms being also -turnable to asecond position in which said holding-member overlies said buck andsaid. hold-v said shaft so th t Jsaid ing member can hold saidtail-portion on saidf'.

. buck, stop-means constructed and located to maintain saidholding-member above said table in the first position of said arms.

2. A pressing machine having a table and a buck located above said tableand a device for holding the tail-portion of a garment on said buck,said device comprising a. front arm and a rear arm and a transverseholding-member which is connected to the upper portions of said arms.means constructed to pivotally connect said arms to the table below saidbuck, said arms being turnable to a first position in which said armsand said holding-member are spaced in an endwise directionfrom said buckso that the buck is entirely free, said arms being also turnable to asecond position in which said holding-member overlies said buck and saidholding-member can hold said tail-portion on said buck.

HYMAN ELIAS COHEN-

